Fadila Nejma

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Algeria's boisterous press has been at odds with president Abdel Aziz Bouteflika since he took office in 1999. In 2001, the animosity took a more serious turn when the government promulgated harsh new press legislation.

In June, despite intense local and international protest, the Algerian Parliament approved a series of new amendments to the Penal Code that prescribe prison terms of up to one year and fines up to 250,000 dinars (US$3,200) for defaming the president. A separate amendment imposes similar punishments for defaming Parliament, the courts, the military, or other state institutions. Writers, publishers, and responsible editors are held accountable for offending articles, along with publications themselves, which can be fined up to 2.5 million dinars (US$32,000).

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New York, January 3, 2002--A total of 37 journalists were killed worldwide as a direct result of their work in 2001, a sharp increase from 2000 when 24 were killed, according to CPJ research. At least 25 were murdered, almost all with impunity.

The dramatic rise is mainly due to the war in Afghanistan, where eight journalists were killed in the line of duty covering the US-led military campaign and a ninth journalist died of wounds sustained there two years ago. This was the highest death toll recorded for a single country since 1999, when 10 journalists were killed in Sierra Leone.

New York, June 19, 2001--- Two Algerian journalists were killed last Thursday, June 14, while covering mass anti-government protests organized by Berber community leaders in the capital Algiers, CPJ has learned.

Fadila Nejma, a reporter for the Arabic weekly Echourouk, died after being struck by a speeding bus during the protests. Nejma suffered severe chest and leg injuries, and died later in the hospital.

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Algerian journalists Adel Zerrouk and Fadila Nejma were killed while covering
mass anti-government protests organized by Berber community leaders in the
capital, Algiers.

Nejma, a reporter for the Arabic weekly Echourouk, died after being struck by a speeding bus during the protests. Nejma suffered severe chest and leg injuries and died later in the hospital.

Local journalists and press sources reported that the bus driver ran over Nejma while trying to escape demonstrators intent on torching his bus, or that one of the protesters had commandeered the vehicle and was trying to crash it into local security forces.

Also killed was Zerrouk, a reporter with the Arabic daily Al-Rai. Some CPJ sources and local press reports stated that Zerrouk died after a crowd of protesters trampled him. According to other reports, however, the journalist was hit by the same bus that killed Nejma.

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Algerian journalists Adel Zerrouk and Fadila Nejma were killed while covering mass
anti-government protests organized by Berber community leaders in the
capital, Algiers.

Nejma, a reporter for the Arabic weekly Echourouk, died
after being struck by a speeding bus during the protests. Nejma
suffered severe chest and leg injuries and died later in the hospital.

Local journalists and press sources reported that the bus driver ran
over Nejma while trying to escape demonstrators intent on torching his
bus, or that one of the protesters had commandeered the vehicle and was
trying to crash it into local security forces.

Also killed was Zerrouk, a reporter with the Arabic daily Al-Rai.
Some CPJ sources and local press reports stated that Zerrouk died after
a crowd of protesters trampled him. According to other reports,
however, the journalist was hit by the same bus that killed Nejma.